Icebreaker Launch

[friedmanism2]

i talked about this video a party. it was a great................ice breaker :D

[longrangermanable]

How price 1 board

[thecuzao]

1 2 3 starting to rust

[TehZombieArmy]

i would LOVE to be on such a boat when it gets launched hahaha.

[TeamVGO]

The ship nearly sunk...after an water pipe burst in the engine room.

[videohost199]

How this ship doing now?

[Gundun]

Is there a reason why they leave part of the side wall undone or is it just not finished yet and they were running out of time?

[mad4diesel]

@Gundun That's the way it was designed.

[jash990]

@Gundun its a buoy deck.. they keep them there after being pulled outta the water or when there gonna put them in.

[heodle]

Dude what if someone was taking a shit when that boat got launched!XD

[MastrOfPuppets69]

Thumbs up if you watched it more than once!

[ronaldli5]

A few hundred tons of metal just let loose by it slipping off a metal platform, as launch? Dumbest fucking idea by it works. wtf?

[mageac]

@ronaldli5 its a ship if a list would hurt it , then it shouldn't be in the ocean...

[lkhyable]

THIS SHIP WAS LAUNCHED BY: MARINETTE MARINE CORP.

[shizlnit]

tips over and sinks...

[mugwamp4]

this icebreaker seems to have already encountered an iceberg !!1why the huge chunk out of the side????

[imtangent]

4 every1 - SONG IS: 'Radio Station' by 'The Touch'

I would love to be on board when it launched but i am sure there would be some OH&S BS that wouldn't allow it....

[jimbo80982]

bits broke off the ramp...

[jimbo80982]

hahahahah imagine it capsized as it came down the ramp... o the looks on their faces

[supersmalls]

every time they launch a ship the ocean rises, and they blame it on global warming...we have retards running our country

[mugwamp4]

@supersmalls you cant be serious,,, its a joke right??// one million tonnes/sqKm of displacement=1 mtr rise in sea level ..all the ships in the world placed in the great lakes wouldnt raise the water level more than a couple of mls.if that.

[zenoparodie]

@supersmalls lol 

[30NIGHTCRAWLER30]

whats the name of the song?

[Sclub7is7]

@30NIGHTCRAWLER30 Radio Station by The Touch

[vanmaniam]

@30NIGHTCRAWLER30

Gay.

[30NIGHTCRAWLER30]

@vanmaniam your dad and you, yes sir your correct.

[jvhornsby]

imagine your in the bathroom shaving and this happens lol

[MrStefanovvv]

good video!what is music name?!

[Sclub7is7]

@MrStefanovvv Radio Station by The Touch

[101andrewj]

that looks like a risky way to launch a boat, whatever happened to the dry dock

[1111111888]

if i was the tugboat i would be like "You're not seriously gonna make me do that right?" *awkward silence* "Oh helllllll nah man."

[bebtozoltan55]

Zoltan Bebto from Hungary.Europe.

[petethebastard]

Bravo to the tugboat crew! Not a flinch!

[kevvan98]

Is this real? :O

[iJaydan]

@kevvan98

Yes.

[bluecollarboiler]

unless this one is a bouy tender

[fordwindsor351]

@Sclub7is7 the opening is for full operational of the crane on the bow, it has nothing to do with water flowing out, there are drains for that.

[kinsley2108]

@Sclub7is7 Yeah,, those are the small drain holes. I think hambone950 means the HUGE opening on the side. Looks like the hull is incomplete.

[MrSlipmaggot]

tugboats like im gettin the hell out of here

[fordwindsor351]

@MrSlipmaggot no it wasnt, the tug was pulling on the harness to start the launch

[mmcclain88]

i thought it was gonna land on that little tug boat

[horantogsvensken]

lol i actually held my breath when it went into the water lol :P

[sweetnessboy1]

We Americans launch our ships so weird! Why can't we do it like in England. And why can't we have old steamers like back then. Not these ugly cruise ships.

[rossesc]

is this really how they get it into the water?

[tupsumato]

@rossesc, of course not. This is obviously a fake.

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;-)

[foo444]

that's so the ships crew can load and offload things like buoys or any kind payload that might need to be deployed or retrieved.

[MrArthur7474]

I looked at that today with ccf and she is just the royal navy ice breaker which nealy got sunk

[iankarunaratne]

holy shit....i hope it doesnt have any furniture inside.

[Tom235863]

@Sclub7is7 Lie.

[hambone950]

how would you work on one of them would you join CG ?

[captainbillmorgan]

This is a USCG buoy tender, they lift up buoys out of the ocean or harbor entrances and repair them on the boat and then reinstall them at the buoys strategic location as marked on the charts. The whole or cutout in the side is designed to tie off buoy chains and for buoy launches. That's why the hydraulic crane is on the bow to lift buoys out of the ocean that need repairing. It also looks like this boat is designed to do some ice breaking by the hull design.

[Zorpho561]

@captainbillmorgan Thanks for the info Captain, I was wondering about the cut out section. Cheers.

[gabeguy24]

eh hehehhe thats uh not gonna make a huge wave... xD

[khashafiq]

amazing that the ship didn't capsized....impressive righting moment....

[highhorizon]

lol

[fishnetlarry]

That is the launching of the ice breaker Mackinaw II. It does do buoy duty during the season but it replaced the original ice breaker Mackinaw about two years ago.

[123isteer]

This ship is a bouy tender. I uses the yellow crane on the bow to pick up navigation bouys that need repair and cleaning. The bouys are grabbed by the crane and swung on board in the opening on the side.

[gaggotgaggot]

whats that big hole in the side about???????

[76hodges]

@gaggotgaggot there is a hole on both sides, this if for the full operation of the crane

[paislyfan]

@moparmike1 the sometimes if they are too big to launch (half the size of the S.S. liverpool they will build them in a dry dock then flood the dock when ready

[SupernaturalFTW94]

cool

[MrFubs]

listen to the fucking camera nerds in background

[acoow]

Those aren't camera nerds. Those are news photographers. Listen to the shutters.

[moparmike1]

those things are so heavy in the hulls. the wouldnt flip over. and how else do u launcha ship weighing that much lbs?

[CFrobertmartin]

i'm seprized that the us cost gard boat does not have a deck gun on it

[HHodges710]

some do and some dont, not all US Coast Guard ship are made of the same class

[MrTrajan69]

it probably has a mount for deck guns, why would they mount guns on the ship when just being launched?

[HHodges710]

the retard on the video that says that doesnt look good and a post or two on here has no idea what was happening, that section goes out to meet the ship to keep it from going back towards the launch area to prevent damages.

[TheGatman101]

that looks like a reckless way to launch a boat

[SwedishStalker]

@TheGatman101 haha

[MrTrajan69]

the U.S. has been building ships much bigger than this and launching ships is not a problem for U.S. ship builders.

[cdog8888]

ausome video

[inmate4077]

What's that piece that is being drug from the launch? "That doesn't look good".

[choirboyfromhell1]

Smackinaw!

[GGGunitNextLevel]

Search for

"Sinked at Launch" ... EPIC Fail

[chewsup]

ho ho ho that was a good one

[rwhitehead31306]

more dramatic :)

[CSIS25]

Some thing Canada needs a new fleet of Coast Guard ships.... All we have now is floating rust

[dakenyannik007]

hahah funny

[SvenTheTerrible]

A lot of US Coast Guard ships are no better.... the Mackinaw is of the very few new ships we have commissioned in the last few years.

[ssman0808]

@CSIS25 Floating rust eh?

[CSIS25]

@ssman0808 thats all they are

[silicon605]

@CSIS25 BEST TRAINED THOUGH, AS USUAL WHICH YOU DON'T HEAR ABOUT AND MOVIES LIKE COSTNERS, ONLY GLORIFY'S THE US MORE THAN THEY SHOULD BE.

[WatchdogDisciple]

@CSIS25 Hell with you the great lakes ships are historic works of art.

[skidoofr3ak144]

@CSIS25 hhahahahahaha 

[VetteAholicZ06]

sweeet

[FryChicken]

"Amazing"..... - don't be too descriptive, people might actually be interested.

[DonBringer]

lol! it didnt rock the TUG boat

[jamesyellow]

THAT WAS A GOOD ONE!

[2ndOfficerCHL]

Sideways launches take much less space.

[Mudam666]

haha love the sounds of all the cameras xD

[drakester4321]

cool vid

[HYPHYDUM408]

jesus christ the tidal wave rocked that tug boat or whatever it was.

[diveit]

it was an airplane

[mrpimp333]

jeez. let it go you pricks.

[USCG5]

thats a buoy tender

[ossleroyoss]

this is without a doubt the coolest launching ever xD

[ElenarMT]

LOL, can't believe they just chuck it in the drink!

[EMDFAN1988]

I would have died laughing if it took out the tug.

[HansNien]

The man who operates the horn (probably in the bridge of the ship) must be really sea-sick now...

[lamb445]

ya lol

[stevensoares91]

CRAZY =D

[pablomenkite69]

increible

[hambone950]

JW not trying to sound stupid but whats with the big opening on the side of the deck?

[m822b]

on each side of the ship the deck is cut out so that it can pull buoys up on deck to work on them. this ship is an ice breaking buoy tender.

[csrat]

@hambone950 In the off season the ship is a buoy tender. Note the crane on the foredeck. That opening makes it possible to bring buoys on deck or get them off the deck.

[fordwindsor351]

@hambone950 it is not to let the water flow out as the other person posted, its for the crane on deck to be able to fully function.

[EarthWife]

@hambone950 This ship is the Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw which serves a variety of purposes, while chiefly serving as the sole ice breaking authority on the Great Lakes for the US it is also a buoy tender. That "hole" in the side is where the buoy deck is, and prevents the need to lift buoys high into the air to place them on deck, instead enabling them to "pull" buoys on deck for servicing.

Google CGC Mackinaw (WLBB 30), the Coast Guard provides and information page.

[mindlessprimitive]

@EarthWife I was on the tall ship windy in chicago a year ago, and i'm pretty sure this is the ship I saw out there. this was weird seeing it's lauch by accident! lol

[redgriffin728]

@hambone950 It is an interment deck for working on buoys and the like.

[Svendiesel]

Ships would basically need to be launched upside down for them to even come close to sinking.

[ThunderAppeal]

America needs more icebreakers to continue to explore for oil in the arctic. But now under the B.O. administration this might never happen.

[quampo]

thats right stay out of the arctic

it is Canada's

[VideoDotGoogleDotCom]

@quampo: You're not Canadian, you don't even know how to write in English. Besides, that asshole of a country doesn't own the Arctic.

@ThunderAppeal: Yes, Obama's win was a disaster. Here in Finland many people didn't want to believe the voters were that fuckin' stupid. It's gonna be Carter all over again.

I hope you guys get to drill some oil in Alaska soon. :)

[cwazymbfan]

You're an idiot.

[VideoDotGoogleDotCom]

"You're an idiot. "

No. I'm a genius. I've made some of the best 2D games ever, whereas you are known for being an asshole who writes poor comments to YouTube videos.

I hope you die of cancer. Nobody would miss you.

[cwazymbfan]

Not only are you an idiot, but you're an asshole too.

YOU should die of cancer, pal. I have friends. I know you don't.

[VideoDotGoogleDotCom]

"I have friends."

Thanks. That comment alone tells everyone what kind of a person you are. You know two other child molesters and think it's a big deal. Well - it is not.

You've achieved nothing in your life, and can't even come up with a decent comment. Maybe the fat old fuck you call a "girlfriend" will end your misery. Cancer is too good for you, you religious piece of shit.

[VideoDotGoogleDotCom]

"stay out of the arctic it is Canada's"

What kind of a comment is that? Okay, it's apparent you don't know shit about geography, which - I think - is pretty typical for a loser from Canada. There are several Arctic countries, one of them being Finland, my home country. You faggots are laughed at in Europe _and_ in the US. Must suck for you guys.

[tupsumato]

Since when Finland has been an arctic country?

[kkamara4]

Probably since couple of smart guys invented those things called maps, coordinates and artic circle. Obviously anyone with your brain capacity cannot be related to those ancient inventors...

[tupsumato]

While the arctic circle is one definition of the region called "the Arctic", I wouldn't say that even the northernmost tip of our country belongs to the true Arctic region.

I think only the countries that have "direct access" to the region surrounding the North Pole can be called Arctic countries. It's extremely unlikely that Finland would get its share if the Arctic region was divided between countries. Norway, Iceland, Denmark, Russia, Canada and the US would take it all.

[japanesexxx]

sideways launching. niiiice

[Schnoppen]

holy..look at the little man running under the boat...scary....:D

[willmorin25]

nice :-)

[paulyboy403]

smart as fook! lol

[Trruckker]

did the uscg change colors? I thought the Canadian Coast Guard used those colors, and the USCG was the reverse (white hull/red stripe, or black)

[ajaxhapsburg]

The US coast guard paints all their icebreakers red so they can be seen easier in the snow, otherwise all cutters are mostly white

[raconter1]

Very cool...and a good test of what it's going to face on Artic patrol! :) Jack

[alextownsend565hotm]

i'm sure there must me a better, less worrying and heart stopping way of doing that

[Sclub7is7]

there is

but you need bigger ports for that

if the ship is build on small ports..like this...this is the only way u can launch it

[JRC808]

fire in the hole? oh shiz Get OUT OF TEH WAY!!!!1!

[fr3344ll]

i thought it will tip over too :)) I was like WTF :|

[arequipa1]

lol, a lot of ships are launched like that, i dunno i suspect it's tougher to capsize than u might imagine

[StupidObamacult]

I guess it's not deep enough to let it slide in forward

[arequipa1]

good nickname; i like ur style

[TheOnlineCommunity]

Most ships are designed so they can't capsize-- they're bottomheavy enough so the bottom always stays pointing down. Imagine a plastic toy ship with a metal block attatched to the bottom.

[kevo201]

when was this? and where